Intro: | DG | D |
DG
I pulled out my Stage Coach Times and I read the latest news.
ADGA7DGG
I tapped my feet in dumb surprise and of course I saw they knew.
DGDG
The Pinkertons pulled out my bags and asked me for my name.
ADA * DD7 * GDD7 *
I stuttered out my answer and hung my head in shame.
GDA7
Now they've found me. At last they've found me.
GD
It's hard to run from a starving family.
GD * GDG * G
Now they've found me. Well I won't run.
* DBmAGD
I'm tired of hearing "There goes a well-known gun".
DEm7DG
Now I've seen this chain gang - Lord, I say let me see my priest.
ADGA7DGG
I couldn't have faced your desert sand-old burning brown-backed beast.
DGDG
The poor house they hit me for my kin and claimed my crumbling walls.
ADA * DD7 * GDD7 *
Now I know how Reno felt when he ran from the law.
ChorusD
Oh, the well-known gun
D
(Now they've found me) There goes the well-known gun
D
(I said found me) There goes the well-known gun
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